Mon - Tue - SNOw Day Year 7 - 13 James, Lewis, Luca, Daniel Wed - PUM 2pm Our suggestions ....PE (Outdoor game such as rugby), Computer time for wiki, Sumdog, mathletics or nightzookeeper,
Drama together with the junior students, Readathon, Have a showing of Tukarekare's Dream .... board games in house groups such as Connect Four .
Daniel off to Christchurch to the Digi Awards evening with 194 other students who entered. So proud of him coming 2nd in the Yr 7 & 8 level. Thur - Fri - Ski club, Caylen
Mon - Olympic Presentations Tue - SUM DOG CANTERBURY COMPETITION Wed - Final Soccer practice 2pm James, Oliver Thur - Snow Club = CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER Fri - Senior Snow Club =
Class Dojo
1) What are neurons and how do we make connections between our neurons? 2) Think of an example where you made some new connections in your brain. What were you doing? 3) What can you do this week to make some new connections? Set one specific goal.
Daniel has sent in his digi awards submission. We watched it today. Well done Daniel
Kia ora,
Thank you for entering DigiAwards 2016! We are excited by the record number of 195 entries this year and are now busy judging the wide variety of digital masterpieces. Make sure you save the date and invite your students, family and friends to the Awards Evening, for a fantastic night of live performances and celebration.
Awards Evening Wednesday 14 September 7.00pm - 8.30pm The Aurora Centre, Burnside High School (map) Free entry, no tickets required
Celebrate your students’ hard work with your school community and whānau!
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Week 6 Term 3
Class Leader = Tessa
Mon - Tue - Carol B to see us busy at maths Wed - Soccer Practice 2pm James Thur - Snow Team = Holly Fri - Snow Club = Holly, Caylen, James, Daniel, Nathan, Oliver (Luca)
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Dear Lyn McLennan,
Congratulations! You have just successfully upgraded your Night Zookeeper account.
We will be in touch soon with an invoice and to arrange a technical support session for you and your colleagues.
In the meantime, you and your students are free to start using Night Zookeeper's powerful writing tool to write; poems, letters, newspaper reports and more.
Sumdog
Canterbury Maths Contest
The contest starts tomorrow!
Sumdog's Canterbury Maths Contest is almost here! It starts tomorrow at 8am, and finishes at 8pm on September 8.
Mathletics Maths Challenge
Student Challenge - 30th August
Kicking off at 7am on the 30th of August the 24-hour Student Challenge is all about the individual student. There are trophies for the Top 50 and certificates for the Top 100.
Class Challenge - 29th August - 5th September
The Class Challenge pits NZ classes against each other in a week long maths challenge. The Top 50 classes will receive student certificates.
Be more descriptive people!
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Is your Olympic Presentation Ready to present to the class?
Spelling 1. Highlight 10 words you need to learn from the spelling test on Monday 2. Write them on your wiki page and then in a sentence 3. Write the 10 words on a pocket card set to look at and read throughout the week. 4. Next day write your 10 words on a piece of scrap paper ..... turn it over and try to remember them all again 5. Next day write your 10 words on the whiteboard before school
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Week 5 Term 3
Class Leader = Oliver B
Mon - North Otago Cross Country - Oliver B Tue - Wed - Thur - Fri - TEACHER ONLY DAY (No school for students today)
Maths this week ...
We are all aware of place value and how many tens or tenths are in a number. Which graphic helps explain the relationship best for you?
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES WEEK
Mon - Italian Ski Students come to TAS for this week and next week
Tue - ICAS MATHS Mason, Lily, Caylen, Daniel,
Wed - Room 15 and M2 ski trip to Ohau
Thur - Textiles Technology Ski Race Team - Holly
Fri - Ski Club Holly, Caylen, Oliver, Lewis, James, Nathan, Luca, Daniel
Hello Miss McLennan and Friends,I just went on the wiki and saw your message and nearly started crying because I miss you guys so much. So I thought I should email you. I go to St Pauls College Walla Walla. It is near Wagga Wagga. I have really good friends but not as good as you guys. It is so much fun at boarding school. We ride horses after school and I go and chase cattle around I am a bit ferrel!!!!. You know how I was talking about a dingo ... well we caught it in a trap. In total it killed 73 sheep in 3 years.GUESS WHAT! I MIGHT BE COMING TO NZ IN THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of love from Clancyxxx Clancy.Barry@student.stpaulscollege.nsw.edu.au
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Week 3 Term 3
Class Leader = Lewis
Quote of the week
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”
Wilma Rudolph, Olympic gold medalist in athletics in 1960 and bronze medalist in 1956
Social Studies Focus - Olympic Games Rio 2016
Mon Tue Wed - School Photos - Aoraki Maths in Timaru ..... Caylen, Mason, Lily, James (Oliver) .........................................................Daniel, Ryan, Kyle, Laelani Thur - Ski Race Team - Holly Fri - Ski Club - Lewis, Caylen, Oliver, James, Nathan, Luca, Holly
Sunday - Holly is representing TAS in the Individual ski racing at Dobson .... just her!!! Good luck Holly!
We are learning how to do quilling in technology ... after making a soft toy of our personal class dojo monster we will create a quilled card using the pattern.
Silver Olympic sports forms ... check out the shadows they make!
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"I gave my class a picture of feet on a diving board. They used their senses to describe the moment as an Olympic diver."
" My class used the athlete bios pdf's (nz Olympic website) last week to highlight the keywords, list adjectives & verbs with sticky notes, then write our own descriptions. We followed this up with paraphrasing. Read a paragraph from the bio a couple of times then close it, record retell of paragraph then write from the recording." https://www.olympic.org/athletes
We read this recently, took notes, watched YouTube vids (some are linked at the end of the story) then wrote explanations about the role of aerodynamics in cycling: https://docs.google.com/.../1qnaDi.../present... This week they are investigating a sport of their choice and explaining the 'how tos' of technique etc.Beating the WindDOCS.GOOGLE.COM
Quote of the week
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get!"
Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimmer
Mon - Assembly 9am .... Cross Country Training at Lunch Times Tue - ICAS English Blossom, Lily, Holly, Brayden, Daniel, Oliver, (James) Wed Thur - Ski Race Team 10.25am - Holly, Writing programme 2.15pm - Nathaniel Fri - Snow Club 10.25am .... Holly, Lewis, Nathan, Caylen, Oliver, James, Luca, Daniel
One student has a great way of spelling "BECAUSE" by saying "Big Elephants Can't Always Use Small Exits"
Featured Essential Oil (to help combat the lack of deodorant use!!)
Geranium oil (Pelargonium graveolens) is a beautiful, floral essential oil often referred to as "the poor man's rose oil" for its similar properties and uses. It's sweet, rose-like aroma is long-lasting and potent. You need only a small amount or you'll smell it for days.
Aussie Authors and New Zealand Writes are both starting this week! Which country can get to 1,000,000 words fastest? We are excited to read all the great writing you'll create this month. Good luck everyone!
We joined Nigh tzookeeper today. It is a writing tool that helps us learn how to include more language features into our written work.
nz rio
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The New Zealand Olympic Committee's Education Programme (Game On!) is a free online programme which aims to inspire young Kiwis to live the Olympic Values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/olympic-values-video/
Think about the impact you can have on your community, and ultimately the world. If you could do one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be? How would you inspire others to help make that change a reality? Students from around Christchurch gathered for a workshop to determine the theme for this year's competition. We think they did a great job! The challenge is now for you to create digital masterpieces that demonstrate how you can “Be the Change”. "O lou ananafi e fau mai ai lou taeao fou — Your yesterday creates a new morning"
Quote of the week
"Ideas are like lights. They can change the way you see the world."
The Time Travelling Elephant, The Night Zoo
Welcome back everyone!
Class Leader = Mason
Mon - New Option Groups start today Tue - Wed - Netball Home Game 2.15pm Thur - Ski Race team 10.25am - Holly, Rugby practice 2.15pm Caylen, Mason, Luca. Writing programme 2.15pm - Nathaniel Middle School newsletter sent home to parents/caregivers with upcoming dates for the term Fri - Snow Club 10.25am .... Holly, Lewis, Nathan, Caylen, Oliver, James, Luca, Daniel
Saturday - Hokonui Fashion Awards in Gore!!
This week on Wednesday the 27th of July, the Twizel Tussocks netball team have a home game in the Event Centre Hall at 2:30 pm and anyone and everyone can come. We have 1 of our subs named Blossom and sadly Holly ( our other sub ) is not playing but she was a very amazing sub. The members of the team are:
1. Must submit a video cheering on their respective NZ team in Rio for 2016 via our contest submission page.
2. Submissions will not be accepted after 5th August 2016.
3. Videos can only be accepted if uploaded to our contest submission page, using the relevant given hashtags. You will need to upload your video to Youtube, Vine or Instagram and paste the URL link to the Contest submission page.
4. Entrants will be shortlisted and finalists will be selected by public vote.
5. Multiple entries are not allowed.
6. Entries must be the entrant's original work. The Athlete's Foot reserves the right to remove an entry if it doesn't qualify as original.
An activity to help us learn more about the habit, Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision. Work in pairs. One person has to create a pattern using objects hidden behind a barrier. They then have to give clear instructions to their partner so they can create the same pattern. Then swap roles.
Less is more as Japanese minimalist movement grows
If you could only keep 150 items ... what would they be?
Money Week provides the opportunity to integrate numeracy with other learning areas, such as literacy, social sciences, learning languages, and the arts. It also offers the chance to engage parents, whānau, and local businesses with learning experiences and conversations.
Week 9 Term 3
tan-22nd-september-2016Class Leader = Nathan
Mon -Tue -
Wed -
Thur -
Fri - Whole School Assembly this afternoon ... textile fashion show, Daniel's DigiAwards winning presentation
http://mrcrammond.com/games/percentages.swf
http://mrcrammond.com/games/KS2/exploding_numbers/NewNGNumberWords.swf
http://mrcrammond.com/games/techno_tortoise.swf
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Week 8 Term 3
tan-15th-september-2016Class Leader = Holly
Mon -
Tue - SNOw Day Year 7 - 13 James, Lewis, Luca, Daniel
Wed - PUM 2pm Our suggestions ....PE (Outdoor game such as rugby), Computer time for wiki, Sumdog, mathletics or nightzookeeper,
Drama together with the junior students, Readathon, Have a showing of Tukarekare's Dream .... board games in house groups such as Connect Four .
Daniel off to Christchurch to the Digi Awards evening with 194 other students who entered. So proud of him coming 2nd in the Yr 7 & 8 level.
Thur -
Fri - Ski club, Caylen
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Week 7 Term 3
tan-8th-september-2016Class Leader = Daniel
Mon - Olympic PresentationsTue - SUM DOG CANTERBURY COMPETITION
Wed - Final Soccer practice 2pm James, Oliver
Thur - Snow Club = CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Fri - Senior Snow Club =
Class Dojo
1) What are neurons and how do we make connections between our neurons?
2) Think of an example where you made some new connections in your brain. What were you doing?
3) What can you do this week to make some new connections? Set one specific goal.
SUM DOG
Canterbury Maths Contest - 2 Sep to 8 Sep
Thursday September 8
Thursday September 8
Here are the latest results from the classes in your school:
Canterbury Maths Contest - 2 Sep to 8 Sep
Tuesday September 6
Radio New Zealand
Which topic area interests you?
http://www.radionz.co.nz/topics
Have you completed your Olympic Project?
Daniel has sent in his digi awards submission. We watched it today. Well done Daniel
Kia ora,
Thank you for entering DigiAwards 2016! We are excited by the record number of 195 entries this year and are now busy judging the wide variety of digital masterpieces. Make sure you save the date and invite your students, family and friends to the Awards Evening, for a fantastic night of live performances and celebration.
Awards Evening
Wednesday 14 September 7.00pm - 8.30pm
The Aurora Centre, Burnside High School (map)
Free entry, no tickets required
Celebrate your students’ hard work with your school community and whānau!
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Week 6 Term 3
Class Leader = TessaMon -
Tue - Carol B to see us busy at maths
Wed - Soccer Practice 2pm James
Thur - Snow Team = Holly
Fri - Snow Club = Holly, Caylen, James, Daniel, Nathan, Oliver (Luca)
Dear Lyn McLennan,
Congratulations! You have just successfully upgraded your Night Zookeeper account.We will be in touch soon with an invoice and to arrange a technical support session for you and your colleagues.
In the meantime, you and your students are free to start using Night Zookeeper's powerful writing tool to write; poems, letters, newspaper reports and more.
The contest starts tomorrow!
Mathletics Maths Challenge
Kicking off at 7am on the 30th of August the 24-hour Student Challenge is all about the individual student. There are trophies for the Top 50 and certificates for the Top 100.
The Class Challenge pits NZ classes against each other in a week long maths challenge. The Top 50 classes will receive student certificates.
Be more descriptive people!
Is your Olympic Presentation Ready to present to the class?
Spelling
1. Highlight 10 words you need to learn from the spelling test on Monday
2. Write them on your wiki page and then in a sentence
3. Write the 10 words on a pocket card set to look at and read throughout the week.
4. Next day write your 10 words on a piece of scrap paper ..... turn it over and try to remember them all again
5. Next day write your 10 words on the whiteboard before school
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Week 5 Term 3
Class Leader = Oliver BMon - North Otago Cross Country - Oliver B
Tue -
Wed -
Thur -
Fri - TEACHER ONLY DAY (No school for students today)
Maths this week ...
We are all aware of place value and how many tens or tenths are in a number. Which graphic helps explain the relationship best for you?
Week 4 Term 3
Class Leader = ElizabethTAN 18th August 2016
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES WEEK
Mon - Italian Ski Students come to TAS for this week and next week
Tue - ICAS MATHS Mason, Lily, Caylen, Daniel,
Wed - Room 15 and M2 ski trip to Ohau
Thur - Textiles Technology Ski Race Team - Holly
Fri - Ski Club Holly, Caylen, Oliver, Lewis, James, Nathan, Luca, Daniel
https://learninglanguagespld.wikispaces.com/Look+What%27s+New%21
Gidday from Australia
Hello Miss McLennan and Friends,I just went on the wiki and saw your message and nearly started crying because I miss you guys so much. So I thought I should email you. I go to St Pauls College Walla Walla. It is near Wagga Wagga. I have really good friends but not as good as you guys. It is so much fun at boarding school. We ride horses after school and I go and chase cattle around I am a bit ferrel!!!!. You know how I was talking about a dingo ... well we caught it in a trap. In total it killed 73 sheep in 3 years.GUESS WHAT! I MIGHT BE COMING TO NZ IN THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lots of love from Clancyxxx
Clancy.Barry@student.stpaulscollege.nsw.edu.au
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Week 3 Term 3
Class Leader = LewisQuote of the week
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”
Wilma Rudolph, Olympic gold medalist in athletics in 1960 and bronze medalist in 1956
Social Studies Focus - Olympic Games Rio 2016
Mon
Tue
Wed - School Photos
- Aoraki Maths in Timaru ..... Caylen, Mason, Lily, James (Oliver)
.........................................................Daniel, Ryan, Kyle, Laelani
Thur - Ski Race Team - Holly
Fri - Ski Club - Lewis, Caylen, Oliver, James, Nathan, Luca, Holly
Sunday - Holly is representing TAS in the Individual ski racing at Dobson .... just her!!! Good luck Holly!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/82892417/olympics-burst-into-life-with-rio-opening-as-football-ferns-join-in-ceremony-fun-from-a-distance
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"I gave my class a picture of feet on a diving board. They used their senses to describe the moment as an Olympic diver."
" My class used the athlete bios pdf's (nz Olympic website) last week to highlight the keywords, list adjectives & verbs with sticky notes, then write our own descriptions. We followed this up with paraphrasing. Read a paragraph from the bio a couple of times then close it, record retell of paragraph then write from the recording."https://www.olympic.org/athletes
We read this recently, took notes, watched YouTube vids (some are linked at the end of the story) then wrote explanations about the role of aerodynamics in cycling: https://docs.google.com/.../1qnaDi.../present... This week they are investigating a sport of their choice and explaining the 'how tos' of technique etc.
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Week 2 Term 3
TAN 4th August 2016
Quote of the week
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get!"
Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimmer
Mon - Assembly 9am .... Cross Country Training at Lunch Times
Tue - ICAS English Blossom, Lily, Holly, Brayden, Daniel, Oliver, (James)
Wed
Thur -
Ski Race Team 10.25am - Holly, Writing programme 2.15pm - Nathaniel
Fri - Snow Club 10.25am .... Holly, Lewis, Nathan, Caylen, Oliver, James, Luca, Daniel
One student has a great way of spelling "BECAUSE" by saying "Big Elephants Can't Always Use Small Exits"
Featured Essential Oil (to help combat the lack of deodorant use!!)
What is ICAS?
https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/subjects/englishhttps://edu.nightzookeeper.com/night-times
Aussie Authors and New Zealand Writes are both starting this week! Which country can get to 1,000,000 words fastest? We are excited to read all the great writing you'll create this month. Good luck everyone!
The New Zealand Olympic Committee's Education Programme (Game On!) is a free online programme which aims to inspire young Kiwis to live the Olympic Values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/olympic-values-video/
http://events.core-ed.org/digi-awards
2016 Theme: Be the Change
Be the Change
Think about the impact you can have on your community, and ultimately the world. If you could do one thing to make the world a better place, what would it be? How would you inspire others to help make that change a reality?Students from around Christchurch gathered for a workshop to determine the theme for this year's competition. We think they did a great job! The challenge is now for you to create digital masterpieces that demonstrate how you can “Be the Change”.
"O lou ananafi e fau mai ai lou taeao fou — Your yesterday creates a new morning"
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Week 1 Term 3
TAN 28th July 2016
Quote of the week
"Ideas are like lights. They can change the way you see the world."
The Time Travelling Elephant, The Night Zoo
Welcome back everyone!
Class Leader = Mason
Mon - New Option Groups start today
Tue -
Wed - Netball Home Game 2.15pm
Thur - Ski Race team 10.25am - Holly, Rugby practice 2.15pm Caylen, Mason, Luca. Writing programme 2.15pm - Nathaniel
Middle School newsletter sent home to parents/caregivers with upcoming dates for the term
Fri - Snow Club 10.25am .... Holly, Lewis, Nathan, Caylen, Oliver, James, Luca, Daniel
Saturday - Hokonui Fashion Awards in Gore!!
This week on Wednesday the 27th of July, the Twizel Tussocks netball team have a home game in the Event Centre Hall at 2:30 pm and anyone and everyone can come. We have 1 of our subs named Blossom and sadly Holly ( our other sub ) is not playing but she was a very amazing sub. The members of the team are:
Lily Brophy
Tessa McDougall
Anna Preston-Marshall
Phoebe Preston-Marshall
Laelani Dodds
Baillie Lynch
Soffe Rocha
(Subs) Blossom - Kate Garbutt
Holly Skinner
http://theathletesfoot.co.nz/taf-shout-terms
2. Submissions will not be accepted after 5th August 2016.
3. Videos can only be accepted if uploaded to our contest submission page, using the relevant given hashtags. You will need to upload your video to Youtube, Vine or Instagram and paste the URL link to the Contest submission page.
4. Entrants will be shortlisted and finalists will be selected by public vote.
5. Multiple entries are not allowed.
6. Entries must be the entrant's original work. The Athlete's Foot reserves the right to remove an entry if it doesn't qualify as original.
Our Habit of Mind
An activity to help us learn more about the habit, Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision. Work in pairs. One person has to create a pattern using objects hidden behind a barrier. They then have to give clear instructions to their partner so they can create the same pattern. Then swap roles.
Less is more as Japanese minimalist movement grows
If you could only keep 150 items ... what would they be?
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September
Money Week
Money Week provides the opportunity to integrate numeracy with other learning areas, such as literacy, social sciences, learning languages, and the arts. It also offers the chance to engage parents, whānau, and local businesses with learning experiences and conversations.